Brief glimpse of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Exhibition Team as they demonstrate precision close formation flying with their F9F-8 Cougar aircraft during a demonstration in 1958.
Father Georges Pire awarded in the auditorium of University of Oslo, Norway. Father Pire, the Belgian priest who won the 1958 Nobel prize for his work aiding displaced persons receives award. The King and Queen of Norway arrive at the ceremony. People gather at the ceremony.
United States Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat Nixon wave as they step from their U.S. Air Force aircraft upon arrival in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 13, 1958, during a Good Will Tour of Latin America. Reporters and photographers crowd around the foot of the stairs from the airplane. Assailants wielding clubs and pipes attack the car carrying the Nixons. Closeup of smashed windows of the state car. View from inside the severely damaged car.
A Martin Dyna-Soar model rises to a launch position on American Machine and Foundry launcher in the United States. A pilot simulates a flight in Dyna-Soar mock up. A view of Dyna-Soar mock up built for the Development Engineering Inspection held at the Martin Plant on 11 December 1958.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Skiers participate in World Ski Championship in Bad Gastein, Austria. Men fall down while skiing down a slope. America's Bud Werner puts up a good show. World's greatest skier, Toni Sailer wins the title.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Blayor of Seattle Chiefs shoots well to take a lead against Kentucky Wildcats at Collegiate Hoop Basketball Championship in Louisville. But Kentucky go on to win the NCAA (National collegiate Athletic Association) Championship.